"But God hates sin."
Does He? Seems an exceedingly mundane emotion to attribute to a completely ineffable and wholly transcendant being, my friend!
"While God is certainly pure love, this means he must necessarily be more than that. For example, God is also pure justice, pure mercy, and even pure wrath."
It never ceases to amaze me how especially Western Protestants have so totally bought into the very Hellenistic Platonism of my ancestors that the Holy Spirit freed us from. This is heresy, FK.
Well, if God doesn't hate sin then how does he feel about it? Is He indifferent? Is He mildly opposed to it? Does He like it because through our good deeds we work to overcome sin and seek Him?
It never ceases to amaze me how especially Western Protestants have so totally bought into the very Hellenistic Platonism of my ancestors that the Holy Spirit freed us from. This is heresy, FK.
Heresy? The Bible says that our God is a just God, that He is a God of mercy, that he pours out His wrath on those whom He chooses. I say I believe it all. For that I am a Hellenistic Platonic heretic? I can't wait to tell my wife.